Hypertext Webster Gateway: "marsupial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marsupial \Mar*su"pi*al\, a. [Cf. F. marsupial.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young;
of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
2. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as,
the marsupial bones.
{Marsupial frog}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Nototrema}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marsupial \Mar*su"pi*al\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Marsupialia.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marsupial
adj : or or relating to the marsupials; "marsupial animals"
n : mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium)
containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
[syn: {pouched mammal}]
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